The United States firmly supports efforts to promote dialogue and cooperation as a means of promoting peace. We thank Turkmenistan for having submitted resolution 77/32 on an important topic.
We would like to take this opportunity to clarify our position on the following issues.
First, the United …
During this year, as a Human Rights Council member, the United States engaged robustly and supported resolutions furthering the respect for and the protection of human rights globally.
The devastating impact of Russia’s brutal, unjustified war against Ukraine led us to work with Ukraine and a cross…
We thank China for chairing the Kimberley Process during 2014 and applaud Angola for its assumption of the Chair as of 1 January 2015. Angola has set out an ambitious agenda for its chairmanship during 2015, including, as it has said, leading the transformation of industrial and artisanal diamond mi…
My delegation has the honour to co-sponsor the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/69/L.29) and on sustainable fisheries (A/69/L.30). The annual General Assembly draft resolutions on oceans and fisheries that we are debating today serve as important opportunities for the global com…
I am pleased to further discussion at the United Nations about the human rights enjoyed by all individuals within a family, as we mark the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family. The family clearly plays an important role within society, and we have come to observe that the na…
The United States would like to thank last year’s co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly — the Permanent Representative of Slovakia, Mr. František Ružička, and the Permanent Representative of Thailand, Mr. Norachit Sinhaseni — for their leader…
We appreciate the presentation given by President Song on the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) between 1 August 2013 and 31 July 2014, as described in the ICC’s annual report to the General Assembly (A/69/321). We recognize President Song for his service to the Court.
Strengthen…
We would like to thank President Tomka for his leadership as President of the International Court of Justice, and
for the recent report regarding the activities of the Court over the past year (A/69/4).
We are again struck by how productive the Court continues to be. Over the past year, the Court …
The United States of America welcomes this opportunity to share views with colleagues on the progress of and support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Today’s discussion and the issues involved ‑ security, governance and inclusive economic growth, among others ‑ present an op…
The United States thanks Presidents Meron and Joensen for their reports on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, as well as for their tireless work in …
